[sustran] Germany: Court says drivers responsible for dodging
Oktoberfest drunks
Todd Edelman, Green Idea Factory
edelman at greenidea.eu
Wed Sep 23 19:08:10 JST 2009
Some interesting insight into laws for driving in Germany... make sure
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Court says drivers responsible for dodging Oktoberfest drunks
http://www.thelocal.de/society/20090915-21927.html
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Four days before the world's largest beer festival begins, a German
court has ruled that a motorcyclist who collided with a drunken
pedestrian during Oktoberfest in 2006 was partly to blame because she
should have expected the road to be full of party-goers.*
The female motorcyclist was driving at a legal speed of between 40 and
50 km per hour (25 and 31 mph) around midnight during the festival three
years ago when she hit a man who was crossing the road at a red light
during the beer festival.
The Munich court ruled Monday that she "was 50 percent responsible" for
the accident at the festival, which attracts millions of revellers every
year.
"During the Octoberfest there are, it is well known to the authorities,
a large number of drunk people on the streets at night, who can not
always be trusted to observe the rules of the road," the court said.
"The motorcyclist should have adjusted her speed to be able to avoid
these people," the statement added.
The woman was ordered to pay half of the damages, estimated at EUR2,500,
and her bid for EUR1,000 compensation for minor injuries sustained in
the accident was refused. The man she hit - who was fighting her demand
for damages in court - was held responsible for the other half of the
money because he was crossing the street illegally.
Oktoberfest runs form September 19 to October 4 this year.
AFP/The Local (news at thelocal.de <mailto:news at thelocal.de>)
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